I’m not sure if that title does this justice or not. Here is the scenario:
You have a graphic that a client wants screen printed onto a T-Shirt. You take a look file they provide and it’s rasterized, flattened, and is full of shading. I have covered setting up Seperations for T-shirts before, but this is […]
If you are using Photoshop for print work, it is common your document sizes will include bleed. A nice way to work is to set up a “trim layer”, or a black stripe that is technically where the bleed it, so that you stay very visually aware of where the cut will be. You could […]
Here is how to create a super quick line drawing of a three dimensional box in Adobe Illustrator:
Select the rectangle tool and single click on your illustration. Create a 1″ x 1″ rectangle.
With your new rectangle selected, double click the main (black) selection tool. Enter to move the box 1″ at 90-degrees and press Copy…
Select […]
If you are new to CS3 from any older version of Photoshop, you might notice the Feather options is missing from the Select menu. Fret not, photoshoppers, Feathering lives on in the new-and-improved Refine Edge option under the same menu. Sometimes taking away a simple option and replacing it, un-optionally, with a more complicated dialog […]
The “real” brushes palette (Window > Brushes) has all kinds of great brush features. Too often we just pop into that little brush popup in the menu bar that is available when the Brush Tool is selected. That’s the “fake” one.
One of the cool effects available is “spacing”, which spaces out brush “hits” instead of […]
Sometimes while playing with a design, you keep grabbing a hold (selecting) and object that you aren’t intending to select. One quick solution is just to lock the object quickly by pressing Command-2. Lets say you are adjusting these circles around the border of the rectangle:
You keep trying to grab a circle but you […]
The Flare Tool is one of the more random additions to the Illustrator toolbox. Rarely if ever have I ever busted that out for any real work. However, you can pull off some interesting things with it that you might not be aware of. If nothing else, it’s a nice addition for your bag-o-tricks.
How to […]
Having dual monitors is a fantastic way to work with any of the Adobe Creative Suite applications. Because of the complexity of these programs and all their fabulous features, there are lots and lots of different palettes to control these features. With a second monitor, you can stash all these palettes away on the second […]
So you got yourself a hot little selection eh? Good for you. Mastering selections is one of the most important steps along the way to mastering Photoshop.
Much like you can transform any layer or object in Photoshop, you can also transfrom a selection. You can’t just press Command-T like you can normally, you have to […]
The “Stacked Poloroids” is a popular look these days. I dig it. That is all.
The above font is the awesome Tuer’s Cardboard that we featured on InDesign Help a while back.
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